Garment hanger



Oct; 30, 1928 1,689,373

8. WEINBERG I GARMENT HANGER Fi1ed Aug. 27, 1926 INVENTOR.

3;: ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 30, 1928.

UNITED STATES BENJAMIN WEINBERG, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

GARMENT HANGER.

Ap'plication filed August 27, 1926.

Serial No. 131,831

The principal object of the invention. is to hands with the shoulder portions of the garprovide a garment-hanger which with a garment hung thereon can be suspended upon a suitable support or removed therefrom and manipulated by hand for display of the garment without manual contact with the garment. I

Other objects will appear in connection with the following description.

Fig. 1 of the drawings is a view in side elevation of a garment-hanger embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same taken on the broken line, 2-2, in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings in which like numerals indicate like parts in the several views, 10 denotes the neck of the hanger which preferably is formed with the upwardly extending shoulders 11 which terminate in the head 2. Extending from opposite sides of the neck 10 are the arms 1 which are unconnected at their outer ends and have their inner portions arranged in prolongation of the shoulders 11. The head 2 provides a handle member to which is connected a hanger suspending member 3.

The arms, 1, 1, are preferably formed with their upper sides sloping outwardly and downwardly from the shoulders 11 to conform generally to the shoulder portions of the garment to be hung thereon.

The head 2 provides a. handle member which is preferably annular, as shown in Fig. 1, and is in fixed relation to the arms,

1, 1, projecting upwardly therebetween or from the junction thereof.

The suspending member, 3, is shown in the form of a wire hook projecting upwardly from the middle of the top of the head. 2, and'is adapted to engage a supporting hori. zontal rod indicated by dotted lines, 5 in Fig. 1 or a wall-hook (not shown) or the like.

The form of the head, 2, may be changed to adapt it for engagement with the form of supporting device from which the hanger is to be suspended.

The opening, 6, in the head, 2, is adapted to receive the fingers of a hand of a person displaying a garment on the hanger; and the hand-grips formed by the upper arched portions, 7, 7, of the head enable the person displaying the garment supported by the hanger to conveniently hold the hanger and change its position without contact of the ment.

Vith garment-hangers heretofore in use it has been most convenient and the common custom in displaying a garment on the hanger to grasp one of the shoulders of the hanger, together with the shoulder portion of the garment thereon and after more or less displays of a garment in this manner it has been found that the shoulder portions of the garment have become so soiled and misshaped by handling that the garment is no longer salable except as a second ment.

The head, 2, of my improved hanger makes a much more convenient hand-grip than the shoulder-portion of a hanger, and being midway between the arms, 1, 1, the manually supported hanger hangs naturally with the arms, 1, 1, in a general horizontal line or position without special effort on the part of the person making the display.

The head, 2, also serves to space the suspending hook, 3, a suilicient distance above the arms, 1, 1, to prevent contact with the suspending hook of any portion of the hangear-supported garment. I

This is particularly desirable when the hanger-supported garment is provided with a high collar.

There is thus no danger of the garment on the hanger being soiled by the suspending hook, and covering the hook with tape or the like is unnecessary.

The body of the hanger is preferably made of laminated wood and has the arms 1 and head 2 integrally formed with the neck 10. It will be seen that by reason of the particular formation and construction of the various parts which constitute the hanger that a garment supported by the hanger may be readily handled for display purposes without danger of soiling the same. Moreover the shoulders 11 are so formed relative to the arms 1 and the head 2 to act as a support for the collar of a garment so as to cause the same to retain its proper shape.

Various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention and I desire therefore that only such limitations shall be placed thereon as are imposed by the prior art.

l/Vhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent isor damaged gar- A garment hanger comprising a wooden body having an elongated ncck provided with upwardly curved shoulders for supporting the collar of a garment carried by said hanger, rigid unconnected arms extending from said neck and in prolongation of said shoulders. the upper portion of said neck terminating in an annular enlarged head for permitting handling of the garment Without danger of soiling the same, said neck, arms and head be- 10 ingintegral with said body, and a hanger suspending member connected to said head at a point remote from said neck.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of August, 1926.

BENJAMIN VVEINBERG. 

